Archive for March, 2011

By Dan Ambrose: It’s interesting that WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire was never on any of Manny Pacquiao’s undercards despite fighting for the same Top Rank promotional company for the past three years and being one of the best fighters in all of boxing. I personally see Donaire as a better fighter than Pacquiao now. [...]

By Dan Ambrose: 42-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (54-7, 40 KO’s) could be facing Russian cruiserweight contender Denis Lebedev (21-1, 16 KO’s) next in May in what could be yet another knockout loss for Jones. Things haven’t been going very good for Jones as of late with Jones having lost three out of his last five [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten light welterweight prospect Luis Ramos Jr. (18-0, 8 KO’s) defeated 24-year-old Jose Hernandez (10-5-1, 4 KO’s) by an eight round majority decision on Friday night at the Orange County Fairgrounds, in Costa Mesa, California. The final judges’ scores were 79-73, 77-75 and 76-76.

By Eric Thomas: Even with the threat of an impending legal battle with Top Rank promotions looming, Golden Boy Promotions, the new promotional company for WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s), are busy working hard looking to find a suitable opponent for Donaire’s next fight on May 28th. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum [...]

By Chris Williams: The April 9th fight between Marcos Maidana (29-2, 27 KO’s) vs. 34-year-old three-time former world champion Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KO’s) will be going for a steep $44.95 price tag on it for the fight at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. I don’t know about you, but that’s a lot [...]

By William Mackay: If unbeaten Irish challenger Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) wants to beat WBA Super World light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) next month in their fight at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England, McCloskey needs to throw a lot of uppercuts down the middle and hard left hands to the [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten James Kirkland (27-0, 24 KO’s) continued with his successful comeback on Friday night, stopping an over-matched Jhon Berrio (15-9, 11 Ko’s) in the 2nd round of a scheduled eight round bout at the Orange County Fairgrounds, in Costa Mesa, California. Kirkland, fighting for the second time since being released from a [...]

By Jason Kim: Last Saturday night’s pay-per-view attraction between WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KO’s) and 38-year-old former two division world champion Ricardo Mayorga (29-8-1, 23 KO’s) brought in good PPV numbers, says Dan Rafael of ESPN. Rafael is reporting that the Cotto-Mayorga fight brought in between 200-250 thousand buys. These are [...]

By Chris Williams: Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s) weighed in at 246 1/2 pounds at Friday’s weigh-in ahead of Saturday’s fight against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) in Cologne, Germany. While 246 doesn’t sound like a lot of weight for a heavyweight, it does when you look at how soft Solis looks [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated welterweight contender Brad Solomon (17-0, 7 KO’s) handed Demetrius Hopkins (30-2, 11 KO’s) a loss on Friday night, defeating him by a fairly lopsided 10 round unanimous decision at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 99-91 and 99-91.

Tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, Yan Barthelemy improved to 12-2, 4KO’s and a perfect 4-0 since teaming up with trainer Orlando Cuellar and signing with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, winning a ten round unanimous decision over Francis Ruiz (9-4, 4 KOs) in the opening [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Argentinean knockout artist Lucas Matthysse 28-1, 26 KO’s) could end up knocking former WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Devon Alexander 21-1, 13 KO’s) back into the pack and make him start all over again with his career when the two fighters meet up in the summer on June 25th in an important weeding [...]

By Dave Lahr: There’s no doubt that 39-year-old Shane Mosley struggled last year when put in with the highly skilled Floyd Mayweather Jr. Mosley ended up losing by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision and getting a boxing lesson in the process. Now Mosley is facing Manny Pacquiao on May 7th in what, at least [...]

By Jim Dower: In the Demetrius Hopkins vs. Brad Solomon undercard action on Friday night, 41-year-old Cedric Boswell (34-1, 26 KO’s) defeated former heavyweight champion Oliver McCall (55-11, 37 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. The final judges’ scores were 99-91, 99-92, and 98-92 for [...]

Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KOs), and Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KOs), stepped on the scale today in a public event at Karstadt sports in front of 2,000 fans. WBC World Heavyweight Champion Klitschko and WBC mandatory challenger Solis will face off tomorrow at LANXESS arena in Cologne, Germany. The event will air LIVE in Canada [...]

By Eric Thomas: Photo credit Tom Casino/Showtime – In the weigh-in video for Saturday’s championship fight between IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) and challenger Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s), one can’t help but notice that the 31-year-old Bute looks severely weight drained, like someone that struggled to squeeze down to the [...]

NOTE: WEIGHTS (March 18, 2011) – Unbeaten International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Lucian Bute weighed in at 167.6 pounds and his opponent, former European titleholder Brian Magee, tipped the scales at 167.7 just one day before their SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING bout on Saturday, March 19 LIVE on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed [...]

By Lewis Croft: This Saturday in Cologne, Germany, 2004 Olympic gold medalist Odlandier Solis (17-0, 12 KOs) challenges three time Heavyweight champion,Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KOs) for the WBC Championship. Part of the famous Cuban Amateur background Odlandier Solis dominated the heavyweight amateur scene and is focused on doing the same in the pro ranks. [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Crunch time will arrive for Odlanier Solis when he steps into the ring in Germany on Saturday night at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany against WBC Champion Vitali Klitschko. Although most fans and boxing writers think that Odlanier Solis AKA “La Sombra” (17-0, 12 KO’s) will be disposed of [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC Emeritus middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) plans on returning to the ring on July 9th against hopefully a high quality opponent that boxing fans want to see him fight. Martinez recently stopped previously unbeaten WBO junior middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk in the 8th round last Saturday night. Martinez immediately [...]

By Jason Kim: At Friday’s weigh-in, IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (27-0, 22 KO’s) weighed in at 167.6 for his title defense against 35-year-old Brian Magee (34-3-1, 24 KO’s)for Saturday’s fight at the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Magee, ranked #5 by the IBF, weighed in at 167.7. Bute says he takes Magee very [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Big John McDermott (26-7, 17 KO’s) will be battling 6’8″ former British Olympian David Price (9-0, 7 KO’s) this summer in a British heavyweight title eliminator with the winner to face the upcoming match-up between the current British champion Dereck Chisora and Tyson Fury. When the smoke clears from these two fights, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) is a big admirer of the defensive talent of super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell, who’s special performances against Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch has caught Haye’s eye in Dirrell’s fights in the Super Six tournament. Haye not only plans on [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye plans on having his green fighter Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) to spar with the talented super middleweight contender Andre Dirrell )19-1, 13 KO’s) to try and get Groves ready for the slick British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) for [...]

BAYAMÓN, PUERTO RICO – World Boxing Organization (WBO) Featherweight Champion, Juan Manuel “Juanma” López, showed comfortable in the first pre weigh in today for his bout against former world champion Orlando Salido on April 16 at Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum, when he weighed 136.4 pounds, just 10 pounds over the featherweight limit.

By Jason Kim: Pedro Luis Diaz, the trainer for unbeaten heavyweight contender Odlanier Solis (17-0, 12 KO’s), believes his fighter is at his best weight imaginable for Solis to beat WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-2, 38 KO’s) on Saturday night. Solis scaled in at 246 pounds compared to the 249 lbs for Vitali. Thus [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If you’re a fan of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, you can relax and rest easy knowing that he won’t be fighting WBC middleweight Emeritus champion Sergio Martinez anytime soon if ever. Emanuel Steward, the trainer for Cotto, is reportedly saying that there won’t be a fight between Cotto and Martinez [...]

By William Mackay: 6’8″ British heavyweight David Price (9-0, 7 KO’s) has been Odlanier Solis’ chief sparring partner to help get the Cuban ready for his bout this Saturday against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (41-1, 38 KO’s) in Cologne, Germany. Price, a 2008 Olympian boxer, was very impressed with the skills of Solis and [...]

Ryan Belasco 134 ½ – Bryne Green 133 ½ Anthony Flores 129 – Georgi Kevlishvilli 129

Enzo Maccarinelli says his nephew Tobias Webb can stun home favourite Robin Reid in Prizefighter Super Middleweights II at Liverpool Olympia on March 23 – and he’s putting his money where his mouth is. Maccarinelli will be ringside on Wednesday night to support his 22 year-old unbeaten nephew Tobias as he steps into the ring [...]